Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?' Friday, October 24, 2003 at 9:08 pm Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by John (1 messages posted) while the config.sys file is unused in an NT-based system (NT 4.0, 2000, XP), older MS-DOS based programs may still need certain parameters set that are normally found in the config.sys under a non-NT system. In this case, its the CONFIG.NT file associated with the program in question (set in the properties for the program). The standard default is C:\WINNT {or WINDOWS}\SYSTEM32\CONFIG.NT I believe similar rules may apply to the AUTOEXEC.NT file. I do tech support for a software company who has many legacy DOS products, and our software requires a file-handles setting of at least 70. The default in an NT-based system is FILES=40, and we're constantly getting calls from customers needing to update this. SO... in short... The config.sys itself may be unused... but I wouldn't nuke it until you're sure all your programs work ok, as you might need to get some settings info out of it first. There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?' (John: Fri, Oct 24, 2003, 9:08 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum